Peters



N PETERS, PHOTO-UTHDGRAPMER. WASHINGTON D C J. n. DIoKApsoN, orHANNI'BAL, Missouni.

Letters Patent No. 97 ,616, dated December 7, 1869.

TOBACCO-MACHINE.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part of thesame.

To all whom it may concern: f

Be it known that I, J. H. DIoKAsoN, of Hannibal, in the county ofMarion, and State of Missouri, have invented a new .and usefulImprovement in Tobacco" f Machiuer r; andI do hereby declare vthat thefollowing is afull," clear, and exact description thereof, 1which willenable others skilled inthe art to make and use the same, referencebeing had to the accompanying drawing, forming. ,part of thisspecification.

This invention relates to new and useful improvements in machinery formanuihcturin g tobacco, whereby the labor and expense of preparingplug-tobacco for `market are greatly lessened; and

' It consists in the construction and arrangement-of parts operating incombination with each other, as hereinafter more fully described.

,In the accompanying plates of drawinglFigure 1 representsa sectionalside elevation of a machine for .preparing the leaf-tobacco forpressing, the section being through the line sz: x of iig. 2.

Figure 2 is an end elevation ofthe .same machine. Figure 3 `is avert-ical section ofthe compresser,

showing the layers oftobacco in place, as when the operation of pressinghas been completed, the section heilig through the line y y o f iig. 4.

Figure 4 isa .top or plan view of, the compresser,

With the follower off.`

Figures 5 and 6 represent different views of a hoop or band forconlining the layers or sheets of tobacco,

after the same have been cut to siz'e for the com-` tobacco-leaf, thatafter they arepressed and out or slit intoplugs, there shall be nowaste.

For this purpose I, in the first place, lay the leafl tobacco on` to aboard which rests on the sizing-machine, iig. 1, and which is of thesize of the interior of the compresser.

This board `is marked a.

One of `these boards .is used for every layer of tobacco. p

Two of them are seen on the sizing-machine, with `the leaf-tobaccothereon, and they are seen between thelayers in the compresser. Y b is arotating circular cutter attached to the swinging hanger C.

d represents the leaf-tobacco.

The sizing-machine, g. l, isa double frame, e and f, `with the cutterswinging lbetween the frames.

The boards d slide on the bed ot the macl1ine, con fined between theedgepieces o g, fig. 2, which extend above the board, and regulate thewidth of the sheet.

The ends of the sheet areA cut square by the cutter, by `pushing thehanger back with the cutter, while the leaf of which the sheet is formedis pressed clown by the bar 7i.

This bar is hinged at the back end, as seen at d,

while its front end is connected witli afoot-lever, j, by the rod la. v

When the ends of the sheet have both been squared, as seen on the framee, the band m is placed over -the sheet and over the board on which thesheet is laid, and the sheet and the board are deposited in thecompresser.` l 'n is the compresser, made of four sections hingedtogether, forming a square or oblong box of the size of .the sheets oftobacco ,prepared for it.

These sectionsare marked o, p, q, and r. i

The section o, forming one -end of the compresser, is-made to open likea door on its hinge s, for the inl troduction ofthe tobacco, and isclosed and made fast by means of staples and keys after the compresseris iilled, as seen in the drawing at t.

.The compresser stands upon its bed n., which is rebated to form asquare the size of the sheets.

w represents the follower, Vwhich is alsorebated.

o 'v represent guide-rods, which are firmly fixed in the bed, which passup through the follower, and guide`h it in its descent.

.a tough and rigid mass, they are taken from the compresser to theslitter, figs. 7 and 8,'Sheet II.

This-consists of a frame of suitable size, having upon it a traversingbed, z, transversely across and above which there is a cylinder, y,carrying a series -ofcircular cutters a. y

The cutter-cylinder is revolved by means ofany suitable gearing actuatedby hand or other power.

The bed z is given a longitudinal motion back and forth by means ofgear-wheels on the cutter-cylinder, and racks on the traversing bed, asseen in the drawing.

Having thus described my invention, What I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is-

The above-deseribcd device for sizing the tobacco, its several partsbeing constructed and arranged in the manner set forth.

Witnesses l V. H. SURGBRON,

F. H. SMITH.

J. H. DIGKASON.

